51.0% ▲ +43.2%
Higher than 90% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 35.6%
- 2016: 38.5%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of people reporting no religion (incl. secular and other spiritual beliefs).
Mount Gambier · State Electorate
Religion in Mount Gambier
What people believe — religious affiliation and those with no religion.
Over half of people in Mount Gambier report having no religion, making it one of the least religious areas of its kind. This shift is significant, with the number of non-religious residents jumping by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Religious affiliation
The mix of religions, and people with no religion.
About 51.0% of residents have no religion, a figure far above the national level and well above South Australia's 45.8%. Christianity is the next largest group at 37.8%, while other faiths like Buddhism and Hinduism each account for less than 1% of the population.
Religious affiliation
View on map →In Mount Gambier, No religion is the majority at 51%; Christianity is next at 38%.
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- No religion 50.6%
- Secular beliefs 0.2%
- Other spiritual beliefs 0.2%
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- Catholic 14.3%
- Anglican 6.1%
- Other Christian 5.7%
- Uniting Church 4.5%
- Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%
- Baptist 2.3%
- Pentecostal 1.0%
- Orthodox 0.4%
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- Other religious groups 0.4%
- Sikhism 0.2%
- Aboriginal traditional 0.0%
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Religion in Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40033/mount-gambier/topic/religion